Howard E Thirkill Primary School
Soda Springs, ID · Elementary School · Grades -1-4
Howard E Thirkill Primary School is a elementary school in Soda Springs, ID with 362 students enrolled and a 64% proficiency rate. Part of Soda Springs Joint District. NCES data from the U.S. Department of Education.
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About This School
Howard E Thirkill Primary School is a elementary school located in Soda Springs, Idaho. The school serves 362 students in grades -1-4. The student-to-teacher ratio is 21.3:1.
According to EDFacts assessment data, 64% of students meet grade-level proficiency standards in combined math and reading.
32% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Howard E Thirkill Primary School is part of the Soda Springs Joint District in Idaho.
How This School Compares
Howard E Thirkill Primary School has 362 students enrolled, making it larger than the average school in Soda Springs Joint District (231 students). Its 64% proficiency rate is 6 percentage points above the district average of 58%. Compared to the Idaho state average of 54%, the school performs 10 points higher. The 21.3:1 student-teacher ratio is above the national average of 16:1.
Frequently Asked Questions
Howard E Thirkill Primary School has 362 students enrolled in grades -1-4. The student-to-teacher ratio is 21.3:1.
According to EDFacts data, 64% of students at Howard E Thirkill Primary School meet grade-level proficiency standards in combined math and reading assessments.
Howard E Thirkill Primary School is part of the Soda Springs Joint District in Soda Springs, Idaho. You can view all schools in this district on the district page.
All data on this page comes from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data and EDFacts assessment results. These are official federal datasets published by the U.S. Department of Education.
School profiles are built from NCES directory data and EDFacts assessment results. Proficiency rates reflect combined math and reading performance. Graduation rates are reported for high schools with available data.
The this entity record above pulls directly from NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts. What follows is the per-entity context — how this entity sits in the broader U.S. K-12 school outcomes and enrollment distribution and which underlying factors drive the headline numbers.
Every number on this page links back to NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts; the methodology page describes the inputs, refresh cadence, and known limitations of the underlying data product.
For readers using this page as a decision input, the related-entity pages elsewhere on the site provide the comparison set. The most useful comparison for this entity is typically a peer within U.S. public schools and districts with similar size, similar exposure, or similar geography — not the national-level summary alone.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, 2026.